Wlakiz said:
theprof00 said:
bowspearer said:
theprof00 said:
bowspearer said:
joeorc said:
it's like you move into a new rent controlled building, and an someone vandalizes a section of the building's door and so to tighten security the building owner closes off that section with a new door key card but your old key card will not work . would you sue the owner of the building because your old key will not work and you have to get a new key? |
No actually the exact analogy is it's like you move into a new rent controlled building, and an someone vandalizes a section of the building's door and so to tighten security the building owner evicts everyone right on the spot regardless of whatever laws exist that prevent him from doing it because as one of you is a vandal living there, all of you living there probably are.
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no it's not at all.
Your analogy =
and an someone vandalizes a section of the building's door (hacker exploits a security weakness)
and so to tighten security the building owner evicts everyone right on the spot (locks down all ps3s)
regardless of whatever laws exist that prevent him from doing it because as one of you is a vandal living there (hacker is a ps3 user)
all of you living there probably are. (all ps3 users are hackers)
Your metaphor is terrible.
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And yet that is exactly what happened. If the type of metaphor is bad (as mine was a paraphrased response) blame joeorc for the original.
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joercs makes sense though
Person vandalizes the locks in a corridor of the estate. (Hacker exploits Other OS)
landlord seals off corridor, changing the locks. (Sony removes access to Other OS)
Says that a new key will work for everything, but that your old key will lack ability to access corridor (Sony says if you buy a new ps3 you can access everything, but your old ps3 can only be used for games) (slight problem in the metaphor, it should be an "either/or" analogy. This could be remedied by saying, "you can either live here and not have access, or live in the corridor")
But yeah, his metaphor is far more appropriate than yours. You brought it to the point of charicature)
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Since we are talking about metaphor, I like this analogy better:
Your mother tells you: "Hey we are going to move to a new house with less crime rate.. etc but we can't bring some of your toys to the new house" (New firmware with something left behind)
You then have a choice, you either tell your mother "Hey mom, I paid for my toys and I love my toys, I am going to stay in the old house without your support" (not upgrading from 3.15) or you can say "Ok, Mom, I'll leave my toys behind and come to the new house with your support" (upgrade to new firmware with your toys left behind).
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Actually it's your analogy which doesn't hold up. The problem is that in places such as the EU and Australia, what's made this ilegal is that fact that what was advertised was both an online gaming console and a media centre Linux PC. It was marketted as both, people bought it on those grounds and now one of those features (along with the ability to play any games or blu-ray discs if you keep the media centre pc functionality) is ripped out- I can actually get you exactly where Sony were quoted as saying it was capable of all of the above in press releases by going to the court documents submitted for a class action suit against Sony in the US.
The problem there is that under Australia Law, if a person buys something to use it fro a purpose advertised or implied by the manufacturer, then the product is legally required to be able to perform those functions, for at least the term of the warranty. Under those laws, forcing consumers to have to make that choice is in and of itself, illegal.
It's for that reason your analogy is wildly inaccurate, particularly when the EU and Australia (along with any other countries with similar consumer protection laws) arguably make up a far greater marketshare than North America, and therefore for the majority of users this is as much a criminal matter as opposed to a civil matter, as say, if Sony were guilty of Tax evasion (which they now are in the EU as of April 1st this year).
